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Title
Exposition Community Coordinating Council June dinner meeting
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Curtis, Rolland J
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1967
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Rolland Joseph "Speedy" Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.
The Exposition Community Coordinating Council re-elected the distinguished Mrs. Marguerite P. Justice to third term as president, at June dinner-meeting. Many deserving plaques, citations, telegrams, letters and roses were bestowed for "interest in all the aspects of community services." Here, ECCC president Justice can be seen awarding Hermia Davis a commendation which reads, "Exposition Community Coordinating Council - Commendation for Community Service to Hermia M. Davis - For Outstanding Volunteer Service to the Exposition Community Coordinating Council and your interest in the welfare of children and youth and in making our community a better place in which to live. Marguerite P. Justice, President - June 10, 1967." See images 0018761, 00118762; 00119146, 00119147; 00137942 through 00137947, 00137949 through 00137951, and 00137953 through 00137954 for additional photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 negative : safety ; 10 x 13 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00137942
Rolland J. Curtis Collection
RC 0005.03
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/136441
Subject
Justice, Marguerite
Exposition Community Coordinating Council (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Associations, institutions, etc
Award winners
Awards
African American women
Women
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1960-1969

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